Caravan Awning Spring Tension

Again with your helper slide the stitched in cord of the awning material into the rope track on the caravan.

Caravan awning spring tension.

Reattach the rear awning leg and lower both leg sections completely. First get a hold of the tube with the aid of a pair of vice grips. See our channel page for link the home on the road series consists of three 2 dvd. Now with your helper stand up the awning assembly and fold over the material two to three times pull down on the material and folding over another two to three times.

This will tension the spring assemblies. Roll the awning back up to observe how tight it is. You do not need to put the screws back in. Tension springs sign in to follow this.

You can leave the support arms hanging freely but it might help to simply slide the stops back into the leg channel. The cotter pins are the ones that lock the spring tension securely while taking down the rv awning. We should test the tension before doing anything else. Our caravan awning tension has been horrible since we bought the van so i increased the closing tension by.

Now that you are going to re tension the spring it s time to insert it back after you have reinstalled the torsion assembly.